| Sounds | maa'dahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | worthy of imitation. | |
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| Example | "model citizens" | |
| Synonym | exemplary | |
| Broader | worthy | Having worth or merit or value |
| Spanish | ejemplar, modélico | |
| Catalan | exemplar, modèlic | |
| Meaning | A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process. | |
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| Example | "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" | |
| Synonyms | theoretical account, framework | |
| Narrower | Copernican system | (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun |
| M-theory | (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong | |
| Ptolemaic system | (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center | |
| mean sun | A theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds | |
| simulation, computer simulation | (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program | |
| stochastic process | A statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time) | |
| string theory | (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings | |
| Broader | hypothesis, possibility, theory | A tentative insight into the natural world |
| Spanish | marco, marco teórico, modelo | |
| Catalan | marc, marc teòric, model | |
| Verbs | model | plan / plan or create according to a model or models |
| model | create a representation or model of | |
| Meaning | A type of product. | |
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| Example | "his car was an old model" | |
| Broader | kind, sort, form, variety | A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic / characteristic or quality |
| Spanish | modelo | |
| Catalan | model | |
| Meaning | A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor. | |
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| Example | "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" | |
| Synonym | poser | |
| Narrower | artist's model, sitter | A person who poses for a painter or sculptor |
| dressmaker's model | someone who models dresses | |
| photographer's model | A model who poses for photographers | |
| Broader | assistant, helper, help, supporter | A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
| Spanish | maniquí, modelo | |
| Catalan | maniquí, model | |
| Verbs | model | assume a posture as for artistic purposes |
| Meaning | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | simulation | |
| Narrower | figure | A model of a bodily form (especially of a person) |
| globe | A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented | |
| mock-up | full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display | |
| planetarium | An apparatus or model for representing the solar systems | |
| restoration | A model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. | |
| roughcast | A rough preliminary model | |
| Broader | representation | A creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something |
| Spanish | maqueta, modelo, representación, simulación | |
| Catalan | maqueta, model | |
| Verbs | model | form in clay, wax, etc |
| model | construct a model of | |
| model | plan / plan or create according to a model or models | |
| Meaning | Something to be imitated. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonyms | exemplar, example, good example | |
| Narrower | beauty, beaut | An outstanding / outstanding example of its kind |
| pacesetter, pacemaker | A leading / leading instance in its field | |
| pattern | A model considered worthy of imitation | |
| prodigy | An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality | |
| Broader | ideal | The idea of something that is perfect |
| Spanish | ejemplar, ejemplo, modelo | |
| Catalan | exemplar, exemple, model | |
| Meaning | someone worthy of imitation. | |
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| Example | "every child needs a role model" | |
| Synonym | role model | |
| Narrower | ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch | model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
| trend-setter, taste-maker, fashion arbiter | someone who popularizes a new fashion | |
| Broader | leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
| Spanish | ejemplo, modelo a imitar, modelo | |
| Catalan | exemple, model | |
| Meaning | A representative form or pattern. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | example | |
| Narrower | lodestar, loadstar | Something that serves as a model or guide |
| microcosm | A miniature model of something | |
| original, archetype, pilot | Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | |
| prefiguration | An example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come | |
| prototype, paradigm, epitome, image | A standard or typical example | |
| template, templet, guide | A model or standard for making comparisons | |
| type specimen, holotype | The original specimen from which the description of a new species is made | |
| Broader | representation, mental representation, internal representation | A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |
| Spanish | dechado, ejemplar, ejemplo, modelo, muestra | |
| Catalan | exemplar, exemple, model, mostra | |
| Verbs | model | plan / plan or create according to a model or models |
| Meaning | A woman who wears clothes to display fashions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model | |
| Narrower | supermodel | A fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity |
| Broader | assistant, helper, help, supporter | A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
| Spanish | maniquí, modelo | |
| Catalan | maniquí, model | |
| Verbs | model | display (clothes) as a mannequin |
| Meaning | The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | modelling, modeling | |
| Narrower | simulation | The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training) |
| Broader | representation | An activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent |
| Spanish | modelado, modelaje, modelización | |
| Catalan | modelatge | |
| Verbs | model | form in clay, wax, etc |
| model | construct a model of | |
| model | plan / plan or create according to a model or models | |
| Meaning | plan / plan or create according to a model or models. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | pattern | |
| Narrower | scale | Pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard |
| sovietize, sovietise | model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | |
| Broader | imitate, copy, simulate | Reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
| Spanish | inspirarse en, tomar como modelo | |
| Catalan | formar, modelar | |
| Nouns | model | the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) |
| model | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) | |
| model | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | |
| model | a representative form or pattern | |
| modeler, modeller | a person who creates models | |
| Meaning | form in clay, wax, etc. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he model his major works over a short period of time? | |
| Example | "model a head with clay" | |
| Synonyms | mold, mould | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| Broader | shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge | make something, usually for a specific function |
| Spanish | modelar, moldear | |
| Nouns | model | the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) |
| model | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) | |
| modeling, modelling | a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | |
| modeling | sculpture produced by molding / molding | |
| Meaning | assume a posture as for artistic purposes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | pose, sit, posture | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| Narrower | ramp | Be rampant |
| Broader | expose, exhibit, display | To show, make visible or apparent |
| Spanish | posar | |
| Catalan | posar | |
| Nouns | model | a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor |
| Meaning | Display (clothes) as a mannequin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They model the cape | |
| Example | "model the latest fashion" | |
| Broader | expose, exhibit, display | To show, make visible or apparent |
| Spanish | vestir | |
| Nouns | model | a woman who wears clothes to display fashions |
| Meaning | create a representation or model of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | simulate | |
| Broader | re-create | create anew |
| Nouns | model | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process |
| Meaning | Construct a model of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "model an airplane" | |
| Synonym | mock up | |
| Broader | represent, interpret | create an image or likeness of |
| Spanish | modelar | |
| Catalan | modelar | |
| Nouns | model, modelling, modeling | the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) |
| model | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) | |
| modeler, modeller | a person who creates models | |
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